I am the Goddess of all creations after all

Yup, I knew it. Definitely a student.

I also checked the status of the others. As I thought, they were all pretty young, between fifteen and eighteen years old.

Two mages, one rogue and one ranger. Two humans and two demi-humans.

Quite an unusual combination. However, I was now sure about one thing: I don't know them.

I'm pretty good at remembering people and their name didn't seem familiar at all. So what do they want with me?

"Hey, are you listening?" The one named Hevos asked.

"Ah, sorry. I was checking something. You were saying?"

"You… Do you even understand the situation you're in? You better start taking us seriously, or else, we'll make you regret it!"

… Huh? Is he trying to intimidate me? With this cute rabbit mask? Seriously? Ufufu… Amateur. I kind of feel like trolling him a bit, now.

I gave him a half smile as I infused a small amount of mana in the ropes tying me up. I made sure the fire would not spread and then I burned them.

Now free of any kind of ties, I stood up to be on the same eye-level than my captors –well, more or less, since I'm shorter than them.

My captors didn't try to stop me. I think they got too confused to do anything, as they just froze in place. Seriously, guys…Had you not considered the possibility that you weren't the only ones able to use magic? Especially here.

"A mage?"

I cleared my throat.

"Um, excuse-me, Hevos? I'm pretty sure you and I don't know each other, and I don't think I had the time to do anything to piss you off yet. So, what do you want from me?"

"… My name isn't Hevos."

"Yes it is."

"No it isn't."

He didn't seem willing to admit it. Unfortunately for him, even if he covers his face and masks his voice, he can't hide his status from me. I tilted my head, a small smile drawing on my face.

"Hevos Kache, isn't it? And this is Teka, Frost and Ansin," I said, designating each one of them.

My captors didn't react immediately. They silently exchanged inquiring glances, probably trying to figure out if someone understood what was going on, until Hevos suddenly grabbed the collar of the demi-human who brought me here.

"You! Did you betray us? We asked you to bring her here, who the hell asked you to tell her everything?!"

"What? Are you crazy? Why would I tell her anything, it wouldn't bring me much good either! Besides, I'm telling you she was unconscious!"

"Then how the hell does she know about us?"

"I don't know! Why don't you ask her instead!"

"Look, guys, I don't really care about your identity," I explained, trying to calm them down. "I just want to know why you brought me here."

Once again, my captors didn't answer anything. I waited for a while, thinking that maybe one of them would eventually say something, but they just stared at me without uttering a word.

"Oh well… Whatever," I sighed."In that case excuse-me, but since you won't say anything, I'm returning to my room."

As I took a step forward, Hevos immediately blocked my way.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Didn't I just say it? To my room."

I heard him click his tongue in annoyance, as he started to gather mana in his hands.

"And do you really think we'll let you leave?" He threatened.

I sighed. "Don't waste your mana. This level of magic won't have any effects on me."

"Oh, really? Then how about this?"

Hevos clenched his fists. His mana suddenly became stronger and the wind started to howl as the air pressure dropped all around him. He was about to use medium magic. For someone of his age, I guess it was something impressive.

Still, it was far from being enough to harm me. However, before he could start his chant, he was interrupted by one of his friends; the other mage, I think his name was Frost.

"Hevos! Stop it. She's provoking you," he said. "She wants you to use a strong spell. By using this much mana at once, you're basically sending an alert to the teachers!"

No, I didn't think that far ahead. I meant what I said. Still, I learned something good. I'll refrain to use high-level magic from now on.

Frost shifted his attention on me. He brought his hand to his face and took his mask off, revealing his juvenile, yet stern face.

"I'm sorry, but you can't leave," he said.

As the others understood that it was no longer needed for them to hide their face, they followed the example of Frost and took their mask off.

"Ah!"

I immediately recognized a familiar face. The quiet boy over there, who still hasn't said anything. It's him, there is no mistake. The demi-human boy from earlier, the one who dumped into me, the goat-boy. I felt a wry smile drawing on my face as this whole situation began to make sense.

"Is this about my brother?" I inquired, letting out a loud sigh.

"So you do know after all," Frost replied, confirming my guess. "It makes things easier. Don't take it personal, we have nothing against you."

"Alright, time~! I just transferred, so I'm not sure what's going on between you and my brother. Would you mind to explain?"

"This doesn't concern you. This is something only between us and your brother."

… Dude, really? Didn't you guys just get me involved by kidnapping me? I think I have the right to know, don't I?

Frost willed mana into his entire body. I could almost see it swirling around him like dancing flames. Although not as much as Hevos in amount, his mana was much purer, unrefined.

"We have a message for your brother," he said. "Next time, tell him to mind his own business."

"Eh? You're going to attack me?" I asked, unsure of his intentions.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you too badly. It's just a warning."

Right… So I'm supposed to just sit there and wait for him to attack me. And once he's done, I'll just have to return to my brother and beg him to leave them alone, or else they will bully me again. Is this what they're expecting? Haha… I was told that I was simpleminded, but those guys are actually worse than me!

"Tisdus, guardian and executioner, in these mortal plains I invoke you," Frost started to chant.

"Come around and feel free, deliver your wrath and destroy my enemy. I summon you hear my plea, I summon you to this spot, so mote it be!"

A magic circle appeared in front of him and all the mana he had gathered vanished in an instant, aspirated by the new light emitted by the circle. From the light, a white silhouette became apparent, gradually becoming larger until it reached the size of a bike. After a few seconds, as the glow finally subsided, I saw it: a magical beast.

"You…You're a summoner?"

Frost smiled proudly in front of me.

"This is Tisdus, a C-ranked magical beast, and my most loyal companion!"

The beast was barely bigger than a large dog but its body was massive and finely muscled. However, its most distinctive feature was its heads. Yes, plurals. The beast had three heads, all baring their sharp teeth at me. I know it was supposed to be intimidating, but in my eyes, it was just grotesque. It looked like a cheap version of Cerberus. Still, I couldn't help but smile. I had heard about summoners and invocations before, but it was my first time witnessing one. To be honest, one of the things that I was the most excited about when I joined this school was this: learning how to get your own fantasy pet.

"What's so funny?" Frost asked as he saw my expression, his previous smile now completely gone.

I didn't reply but I could feel my grin stretching larger. On the other hand, Frost's expression became sterner. His beast probably reacted to his emotions as it started to growl at me.

Ufufu… Finally something interesting!

I never summoned anything –I never really had the occasion to try it, but as far as I know, it should be pretty easy. In brief, to summon a magical beast, only two things were required.

First, you needed mana. Unlike other creatures, magical beasts didn't feed themselves on fresh flesh or plants.

They only needed mana to survive. In exchange of their absolute obedience, they consumed their contractor's mana. I heard that magical beasts were picky about mana, but since I managed to attract two Mid gods with a simple mana leak, I shouldn't have any problem with this.

Secondly, you needed a magical beast –or to be more precise, a bounded magical beast. It's obvious, but if there is nothing to summon, then a summoning can't possibly succeed.

There are several ways to bound with a magical beast, but to be honest, I don't know much about them.

It was a bit more complicated than this, but basically, as long as you fulfilled those two conditions, then you could summon a magical beast.

So… I have the mana, but I don't have the magical beast. Is it really a problem though? I mean… If I don't have the magical beast, can't I just create one? I am the Goddess of All Creations after all.